Linux Platform Operations Engineer

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work, but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Come help us unlock the power of the Infrastructure Operations through AI & Automation!

The Cloud and Connectivity organization is actively looking for a Linux Platform Operations Engineer to join them. Do you like to solve challenges and have an interest in large scale impact? Would you like the ability to impact a global public and private cloud infrastructure operations through AI and Automation? If so, please apply.

What You’ll Be Doing:

We are seeking a Linux & OpenShift Platform Operations Engineer with experience supporting and managing enterprise Linux and OpenShift environments. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in maintaining system stability, automating operational tasks, and ensuring high availability for mission-critical workloads, including leveraging modern AI-driven automation tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, or similar) to improve efficiency and streamline engineering workflows. This position requires in-depth technical expertise, being a team player, and a proactive approach to problem-solving and operational excellence.

This role will have the opportunity to work with the latest Public and Private cloud IaaS services. Our goal is to improve all aspects of our infrastructure availability and reliability through repeatable patterns, new architectural designs, and improvements in observability to prevent outages and increase value across the organization, including the adoption of AI-powered automation and operational tooling. The role will partner with our global Lilly operations SMEs and connect with other platform infrastructure operations SMEs to deliver the daily operations associated with this area.

How You’ll Succeed:

Be Bold: You will drive Infrastructure Operations to never have to fix the same problem twice through adoption of AI OPS, Event Driven Automation, and robust Observability.

Be Fast: You will accelerate initiatives in areas such as: Infrastructure AI OPS automation, cloud IaaS management, and cloud infrastructure as code to enable critical business projects.

Be Proactive: You will have groundbreaking chances to transform our operations processes using proactive, predictive, and automated AI & Observability capabilities.

Be Your Best: You will bring a high learning agility and Infrastructure operations / engineer skills to help us enable the Lilly Technology strategy, identifying tech opportunities, and accelerate our AI OPS journey.

What You Should Bring:

 Linux Server & OpenShift Management

Manage and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and containerized platforms.

Handle VMware Vsphere, Linux-based VMs, and physical server management (HP, DELL, IBM). Configure and maintain Linux network services (DNS, DHCP, VLANs, firewalls, TCP/IP).   Technical expertise and leadership to turn ideas and concepts into operation solutions. Linux, Dell SAN storage or Cloud certifications are a bonus, or we are willing to help you develop.

Automation & Scripting

Develop and manage Ansible playbooks for automation of system configurations and deployments. Write Bash/Python scripts for system management and automation.

Utilize Ansible Tower/AWX for centralized automation .  Leverage AI-driven automation tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, or similar) to enhance scripting efficiency, accelerate development, and streamline operational workflows.

Incident & Change Management

Follow ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management processes using ServiceNow.

Manage incident resolution and root cause analysis for critical server issues.

Oversee change management processes, ensuring minimal impact to production environments.

Technical leadership supporting enterprise grade infrastructure solutions and leading the deployment at multiple global locations. Strong Hands-on experience performing troubleshooting and Linux system administration with automated infrastructure availability and resiliency and resiliency at enterprise scale , including exposure to modern AI/ML-driven operational frameworks.

Consistent track record of high quality, agile focused, team-based solution delivery.

Additional Information: 

Onsite role located in Indianapolis, IN (relocation required).

Expected Shift hours: 11:30am – 8:30pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 12:30-9:30pm US Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (EDT)

Shift rotation: Monday -Friday /Thursday - Monday

Less than 5% travel.

Your Basic requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical field.

5+ years’ experience as a Linux OS/ Platform Engineer.

Experience with cloud IaaS platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), including architecture, deployment, and ongoing support.

Demonstrated experience or exposure to AI-enabled automation tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, or similar), with the ability to apply them in engineering or operational contexts.

Experience leading a global large-scale Infrastructure project.

Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1

Additional Skills/Preferences: 

Experience in Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, AWS and Azure environments.

Redhat Satellite patch management tools experience.

Experience in RedHat OpenShift and Containerized solutions.

Experience managing GPFS clusters.

Centrify or similar authentication management tools.

Experience in a regulated or healthcare environment.

Proficient in utilizing monitoring tools such as Splunk or similar platforms.

Additional Information:

Onsite role located in Indianapolis, IN (relocation required).

Expected Shift hours: 11:30am – 8:30pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 12:30-9:30pm US Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (EDT)

Shift rotation: Monday -Friday /Thursday - Monday

Less than 5% travel.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$64,500 - $151,800

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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